Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Samoa
Samoa: Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products was 13.6% in 2020. ▬ Flat
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Samoa, 2011–2020
Source: Staff estimates. Measured in %.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 13.6% for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in 2020.
That represents a change of down 16.7% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Samoa peaked at 16.3% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 13.4%, in 2013.
Samoa ranks 51st of 186 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Samoa, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15.4% | — |
| 2012 | 13.4% | -13.3% |
| 2013 | 13.4% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 15.6% | +16.4% |
| 2015 | 15.8% | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 15.1% | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 14.9% | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 16.3% | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 13.6% | -16.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 15.0% | 13.4% | 16.3% | 8 |
| 2020s | 13.6% | 13.6% | 13.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 48 Trinidad and Tobago 15.1% compare
- 49 Malawi 14.9% compare
- 50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 14.4% compare
- 51 Madagascar 13.6% compare
- 53 Benin 13.3% compare
- 53 Burkina Faso 13.3% compare
- 53 Gambia 13.3% compare
- 53 Ghana 13.3% compare
- 53 Guinea 13.3% compare
- 53 Guinea-Bissau 13.3% compare
- 53 Liberia 13.3% compare
- 53 Mali 13.3% compare
- 53 Niger 13.3% compare
- 53 Nigeria 13.3% compare
- 53 Senegal 13.3% compare
- 53 Sierra Leone 13.3% compare
- 53 Togo 13.3% compare
More private sector data for Samoa
- Merchandise trade 38.1% (2025)
- Food imports 29.6% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 48.0% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 467.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 24.8% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 39.4% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 24.00 million current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 109.44 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.0186 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate -42.86 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Samoa?
- Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products in Samoa was 13.6% in 2020, according to Staff estimates.
- What is the highest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 16.3% in 2018.
- What is the lowest tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.4% in 2013.
- How does Samoa rank for tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products?
- Samoa ranks 51st out of 186 countries with data for 2020.
- Is tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Staff estimates, published as part of Tariff rate, most favored nation, simple mean, primary products (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Simple mean most favored nation tariff rate is the unweighted average of most favored nation rates for all products subject to tariffs calculated for all traded goods. Data are classified using the Harmonized System of trade at the six- or eight-digit level. Tariff line data were matched to Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) revision 3 codes to define commodity groups. Primary products are commodities classified in SITC revision 3 sections 0-4 plus division 68 (nonferrous metals).